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Viewing cable 08TELAVIV1034, ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08TELAVIV1034 2008-05-13 11:05 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Tel Aviv 
VZCZCXYZ0000
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHTV #1034/01 1341105
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 131105Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6668
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RUEHAS/AMEMBASSY ALGIERS PRIORITY 0451
RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 4094
RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA PRIORITY 4617
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RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS PRIORITY 4576
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 1446
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 1890
RUEHRB/AMEMBASSY RABAT PRIORITY 8438
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 5919
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH PRIORITY 0829
RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS PRIORITY 4948
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 6898
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RHMFIUU/COMSIXTHFLT  PRIORITY
 
UNCLAS TEL AVIV 001034 
 
STATE FOR NEA, NEA/IPA, NEA/PPD 
 
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE, SIT ROOM 
NSC FOR NEA STAFF 
 
SECDEF WASHDC FOR USDP/ASD-PA/ASD-ISA 
HQ USAF FOR XOXX 
DA WASHDC FOR SASA 
JOINT STAFF WASHDC FOR PA 
CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL FOR POLAD/USIA ADVISOR 
COMSOCEUR VAIHINGEN GE FOR PAO/POLAD 
COMSIXTHFLT FOR 019 
 
JERUSALEM ALSO ICD 
LONDON ALSO FOR HKANONA AND POL 
PARIS ALSO FOR POL 
ROME FOR MFO 
 
SIPDIS 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR IS
 
SUBJECT: ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION 
 
-------------------------------- 
SUBJECTS COVERED IN THIS REPORT: 
-------------------------------- 
 
1.  Mideast 
 
2.  Lebanon 
 
------------------------- 
Key stories in the media: 
------------------------- 
 
All media reported that yesterday President Bush granted interviews 
to Israeli reporters ahead of his visit to the country.  The media 
made it difficult to identify the journalists the President was 
responding to.  Ha'aretz reported that the President told the 
newspaper that the peace process is not dependent is not dependent 
on a single individual.  Media quoted Bush as saying after the 
meeting that PM Ehud Olmert is an "honest guy," easy to talk with, 
and a "strategic thinker, and that the relations between the two 
leaders are "nothing but excellent."  Yet, at the same time, he 
stressed that the peace process does not depend on Olmert, and even 
named two possible replacements for him: FM Tzipi Livni, who is 
number two in Olmert's Kadima party, and Defense Minister Ehud 
Barak, who heads Labor.  Among the Palestinians as well, Bush noted, 
more than one man is involved in the peace talks; it is not just PA 
President Mahmoud Abbas.  And therefore, regardless of the outcome 
of the investigation, Bush still hopes "to get something defined" by 
the end of this year.  Specifically, he would like to see Israel and 
the PA agree on the borders of a future Palestinian state -- 
something Secretary Rice, is convinced is achievable. Bush stressed 
that he is not coming to "demand" progress, but rather to 
"encourage" the negotiations.  Leading media quoted Bush as saying: 
"The U.S. cannot impose peace, nor can it decide where the border 
between Israel and Palestine should lie.  Nevertheless, he added, 
the Palestinians must be assured that they will receive a st